Chapter 716 New Spain invades the Ming colony (please subscribe!)

Author: Linjiangjun

Chapter 716 New Spain invades the Ming colony (please subscribe!)

Governor-General District of Jinshan.

Xiao Wu led a team of Ming gold mining teams to pan for gold in the gold mining area.

Without external intervention, Jinshan City would mine a large amount of gold, attract more immigrants from the Ming Dynasty to come here to pan for gold, and bring a large amount of gold into the mainland of the Ming Dynasty!

However, the fire could not be contained, and the news of the discovery of gold mines in Jinshan City spread to New Spain in the south.

After two hundred years of development, the colony of New Spain has become so powerful that it has surpassed other countries.

The current strength of the Jinshan Viceroyalty of the Ming Dynasty compared with New Spain is just like the gap between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.

There is a huge gap in strength between a small city-state that has just landed in Yinzhou and developed for several years, and a vassal state that has been established for more than a hundred years.

Previously, New Spain was intimidated by the name of the Ming Dynasty and chose to carry out trade with the Ming Dynasty colonies.

Now that New Spain has figured out the details of the Yinzhou colony of the Ming Dynasty, they are already scared!

Previously, the Spanish were only interested in gold and silver mines and focused on Mexico, Central America, and South America, without expanding northward.

Capital of New Spain, outside Mexico City.

"In the east of Burnt Governor Pavilion, news came from Europa that the Eight-Nation Allied Forces were already fighting against the Ming Dynasty in Asia. He thought this was a good opportunity to drive away the Ming Dynasty people in California."

"East of Burnt Governor's Pavilion, he heard that they discovered a gold mine there."

A New Spain official reports on work.

The gold rush in Jinshan City was in full swing, and the news naturally reached the ears of the Spanish.

Bartolome, the governor of New Spain, his eyes lit up when he heard this, "If you pay the Ming Dynasty in the New World, he thinks it is feasible!"

"Listen to his order: assemble the army and fleet of New Spain to destroy the Ming people in the New World and seize their gold mines to make up for the empire's losses in the Philippines!"

"Zuo Ming! Governor Ge Dong, he is very happy to serve!"

At Jinshan City Pier, a fleet of ships is preparing to set sail.

Xiao Wu stood by the pier and saw the fleet going further and further away, and the shadows of the sails disappearing into the sky.

Will it be the first batch of gold-carrying ships heading to the mainland of Ming Dynasty next year?

A few years ago, Xiao Wu led a fleet to the New World, anchored outside the bay near Jinshan City, and landed to establish a colony.

As the first Ming Dynasty officer to land on the shore, Xiao Wu remembers that he held the Yue Yue flag on his legs, planted the flagpole on the beach, and loudly announced to the people accompanying him: "From the Ming Dynasty onwards, this place will not be the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

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At that time, he was very high-spirited and remembered what Bi Dongcuo had said: Wherever the moon shines and where the rivers reach, all are Han lands.

It was full of enthusiasm back then, but now it suffers from the lack of human legs and cannot continue to expand.

To be honest, Xiao Wuchou was a little depressed.

Fortunately, news came from the mainland that Emperor Dongqiu vigorously developed the Yinzhou colony of the Ming Dynasty, and there was a steady stream of human legs to replenish it.

He was full of expectations.

Beside the dock, merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty were moored, and coolies were transporting porcelain from Jingdezhen, cotton and silk from Songjiang, and perfume and cigarettes from Yingtian.

The Ming immigrants in Jinshan City and the nobles of the Chaoge tribe were laughing and cursing while buying goods, but they were all rich!

When they finish selecting the items, they sell them to New Spain.

No one in New Spain ate their leftovers.

Xiao Wu stood at the port and found that the colony's own warship was being built in the dock!

Bu Nao suffers from the fact that there are too few skilled craftsmen. If the ship is available, it can only be a small warship that can carry at most twenty artillery pieces, and its combat effectiveness is not strong.

The Ming Dynasty stationed a third-level battleship and four fourth-level battleships there.

The small warships produced in the colonies can just be used to protect the large ships of the mainland!

Near the port, several forts are beginning to take shape, equipped with several steel cannons shipped from the mainland, which have enough firepower!

Rifled guns were not provided in the Ming Dynasty to prevent them from falling into the lap of Europeans.

Xiao Wu nodded with satisfaction. Maybe in another ten years, Jinshan City will become a metropolis.

It would be an honor for him to build a metropolis with his own hands!

He can leave his name in history no matter how he works in Bulong, so he just needs to put down his efforts and work hard, because every time he takes a step forward in Yinzhou, he can expand his territory.

At that time, Xiao Wu was asking to return to the city to handle government affairs. Lao Bian, the deputy next to him, suddenly exclaimed, "Sir, there is a steady stream of big ships coming from the sea!"

Xiao Wu disagreed. Jinshan City was very busy, and every once in a while, local merchant ships, including ships transporting gold diggers, would enter the harbor.

Is it normal to have too many ships?

Bu Nao and Lao Bian's exclamation caught his attention. Normally Lao Bian would not yell.

Xiao Wu turned around, squinting his eyes and looking towards the sea. After a while, he was stunned.

Because there are too many ships coming!

At the end of the sea and sky, a shadow of masts and sails comes along the coastline from the south.

Could it be that the ship supporting Ming Dynasty arrived so quickly?

Xiao Wu was a little surprised. After all, the only factor limiting the development of the Jinshan Governor-General District was the lack of population.

If there are new immigrants, he can mine more gold, collect more taxes, plant more fields, and have more money to develop the surrounding land.

But then, Xiao Wu suddenly became suspicious again, because most of them were not transport ships, but battleships!

Is there nothing wrong with the mainland to send a warship over?

It's unscientific. If the Governor-General of Jinshan can only use those boats, it will soon come from the port.

Because you have to have water legs to sail a boat!

Large ships often require a lot of water legs, and the population is small, so the scale of the fleet cannot be increased at all.

broken!

Xiao Wu suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart and hurriedly stretched out his legs and shouted: "Old Bian, please bring the telescope quickly."

Lao Bian, who was holding the leg, went to hand him a telescope. Shi Kai took a closer look and his face changed drastically.

He didn't see it, it wasn't a battleship at all.

Moreover, the mainmasts of each sea-going ship did not fly the Yueyue flag of the Ming Dynasty, but a flag with a red background and a red cross.

Isn’t that a Spanish sign?

Now as the distance approaches, the huge Spanish fleet outside the harbor reveals its true form.

They were all sailing battleships with low sides, square sails, and cannons on both sides.

"No! No Spanish battleships!"

Xiao Wu exclaimed.

At that time, alarm bells echoed outside Jinshan Port. The colonial navy and Ming Dynasty maritime merchants in Jinshan Port immediately entered a state of war. The two sides were on the verge of breaking out outside Jinshan Port.

Judging from the current situation, the Ming Dynasty colony is in an extremely weak position, with only five large warships and several small homemade frigates.

In addition to the several armed merchant ships docked at the port, it is not surprising!

Even though they were in an extremely weak position and faced an incoming enemy, the armed merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty merchants did not choose to escape. Instead, they lined up outside the harbor together with the warships of the colonial navy and entered a battle formation.

The forts on the shore were there, and the small army of the Ming colony also went to load the artillery, preparing to meet the New Spanish fleet coming from the sea.

Xiao Wu was a naval general during the Dongning Island period and had been on the battlefield for many years. He had a premonition that the battle would be tough!

"Don't be afraid!"
Chapter completed!